Tamsyn Challenger

Monoculture

Monoculture is a new project conceived by Tamsyn Challenger to focus on the homogenised nature of global culture and to explore alternatives.

A series of public performances and events build towards a new body of work embracing themes of habitual performance, viral infiltration and feminine identity. The project unfolds as a series of experiments that look at traditional ritual and its relationship to homogeneity and use the agricultural use of the term as metaphor. The venue-wide exhibition opens February 2013.

Experiment 1: Monoculture was launched in the Upper Gallery by Challenger introducing her lifelong Tamsynette project to audiences – with an interactive photo booth presenting an opportunity for visitors to don a wig and make like Tamsyn. Now available in the Arch Gallery.

Experiment 2: A customized polytunnel has been set up by the artist to provide an environment to grow and harvest her own crop of Oil Seed Rape. A cash crop known for its devastating effect on the land it is grown on, in the absence of rotation.